ˈansweringly,adv.rare. [f.prec. + -ly2.] Correspondingly. c1449Pecock Repr. 351 Ech man, which wole trowe that thilk voice was seid in the eir ouȝte answeringli trowe that thilk voice was spokun by the feend.1865Ruskin Sesame 3 The answeringly wider spreading..of the irrigation of literature.